I've enjoyed the World Cup so far (go Oranje!) but have a fundamental observation about soccer: the game doesn't become interesting until after one team scores. Maybe they should flip a coin to see which team starts out ahead 1-0, in the interest of making things interesting.

A weird map showing the world's countries drawn according to their population size. This is excellent. One of the key takeaways for me from my recent trip to Kazakhstan was how much bigger the world is than just the US. We all know this intellectually, but a map like this really brings it home. Just look at all those people in Asia.

So, is there such a thing as "coder's high"? Of course there is. Pass the C++ please.

Seth Godin: Don't blow it (the secret of b2b). "If you sell to businesses, you're either calling on unsuccessful companies, who are panicking and afraid and don't have a lot of resources to spend on new things... Or you're selling to successful businesses. And in those organizations, most people walk around with a three-word mantra imprinted on their arm: Don't blow it."